Ethiopia’s New Shift in Irrigation Development
Ethiopia’s New Shift in Irrigation Development
Ethiopia is tackling long-standing challenges in project implementation, infrastructure, and management with new standards for sustainable irrigation development.
Key Highlights:
Ethiopia has the potential to irrigate 42M hectares of land, but only ~2M hectares are currently in use.
A new directive has been introduced with support from the Agricultural Transformation Institute and experts from Addis Ababa & Arba Minch Universities.
It establishes 26 irrigation project standards to safeguard quality and safety.
The framework ensures irrigation projects follow a recognized management system, boosting agricultural productivity.
To reduce dependence on rain-fed farming, the government is expanding irrigation solutions.
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